Workshop 5 – Regional workshop for Pacific and Caribbean
14 October 2026
EN
16h00 - 17h30 - CET+1
Agenda
Room 6
The workshop will provide an overview of the Cybercrime Legislation Implementation Handbook tailored for the Pacific region, designed by Pacific Island Law Officers' Network (PILON) in partnership with the Council of Europe. The Handbook addresses every stage of cybercrime legislative reform, from understanding foundational challenges to adapting law reform to local contexts and factoring in long term implantation plans. It features practical guidance and real-world case studies from Pacific countries, offering actionable advice adapted to the regional context. The session aims for an interactive discussion in navigating the complexities of cybercrime legislation implementation in small islands states.
Presentations and panel discussions
- Materials
Resources
Council of Europe:
- 135th Session of the Committee of Ministers (Chișinău, 14-15 May 2026), Feasibility study on the possible elaboration of a legal instrument on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), including disinformation
- Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY): T-CY Guidance Note on election interference
- Council of Europe standards in the electoral field & Reference standards of the Council of Europe - Elections
- Council of Europe / Venice Commission:
- Interpretative declaration of the Code of good practice in electoral matters as concerns digital technologies and artificial intelligence (December 2024)
- Urgent Report on the Cancelation of Election Results by Constitutional Courts (January 2025) CDL-PI(2023)
- Reports and recommendations regarding elections and political parties Council for Democratic Elections - Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
- Joint report on digital technologies and elections https://www.coe.int/en/web/venice-commission/-/CDL-AD(2019)016-e
- Council of Europe Guidance note on countering the spread of online mis- and disinformation through fact-checking and platform design solutions https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/new-guidance-note-on-countering-the-spread-of-online-mis-and-disinformation-through-fact-checking-and-platform-design-solutions
European Union:
- Digital Services Act (European Union, 2024)
- The Code of Conduct on Disinformation | Shaping Europe’s digital future
- Transparency Centre
- EU External Action Service: Reports on Information Integrity and Countering Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference (FIMI) https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/information-integrity-and-countering-foreign-information-manipulation-interference-fimi_en
- EU NIS 2 Directive - 2022/2555 - EN - EUR-Lex
- ENISA Opinion Paper_03.indd : Election Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
Brennan Center for Justice
- Gauging the AI Threat to Free and Fair Elections https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/gauging-ai-threat-free-and-fair-elections
Center for Democracy and Technology:
- Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections https://cdt.org/insights/adaptation-and-innovation-the-civic-space-response-to-ai-infused-elections/
- Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections
- This is Not An #Ad: Political Influencers, Elections, and Information Integrity on Social Media
- Generating Confusion: Stress-Testing AI Chatbot Responses on Voting with a Disability
- Election Integrity Recommendations for Generative AI Developers
- Rules of the Road: Political Advertising on Social Media in the 2024 U.S. Election
Institute for Strategic Dialogue:
- All operations on Armenia: Russia’s influence machine targets the vote, https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/all-operations-on-armenia-russias-influence-machine-targets-the-vote/
- The achilles’ heel of EU’s media sanctions: Reassessing RT Deutsch access ahead of Germany’s 2025 Federal Election https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/the-achilles-heel-of-eus-media-sanctions-reassessing-rt-deutsch-access-ahead-of-germanys-2025-federal-election/
- Effectiveness of the sactions on Russian state-affiliated media in the European Union https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Effectiveness-of-the-sanctions-on-Russian-state-media-1.pdf
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA):
- Cybersecurity in Elections https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/cybersecurity-in-elections-models-of-interagency-collaboration.pdf
Microsoft:
- Russia, Iran, and China continue influence campaigns before Election Day 2024 | Security Insider
- Russia-linked operators engaged in expansive efforts to influence US voters | Security Insider
- Iran steps into US election 2024 with cyber-enabled influence operations | Security Insider
- How Russia is trying to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympic Games | Security Insider
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCPR):
VIGINUM (France):
- Analysis of the Russian information manipulation set Storm-1516: 20250507_TLP-CLEAR_NP_SGDSN_VIGINUM_Technical report_Storm-1516.pdf
If you have any questions related to this workshop, please contact the Octopus Conference Secretariat